Staff name changes

[Kyle]

Why is it that when people become staff that they must have their forum name the same as their habbo name?

I can understand it for the events and I guess DJ departments but rare values and help desk staff having name changes seems pointless. One of the reasons I haven't applied to become staff here in over 5 years is cos I don't wanna be renamed smurf.mad.kyle thanks

please remove this rule/criteria

[Mathew]

if u remove the rule/criteria then kyle will apply to be an EO!!

make it happen plz!! X

[Catchy]

Yeah I agree, I don't see the need in this rule it makes me feel sick!

[xxMATTGxx]

Why is it that when people become staff that they must have their forum name the same as their habbo name?

I can understand it for the events and I guess DJ departments but rare values and help desk staff having name changes seems pointless. One of the reasons I haven't applied to become staff here in over 5 years is cos I don't wanna be renamed smurf.mad.kyle thanks

please remove this rule/criteria


If you can understand it for events and DJ's then you will understand it for Help Desk and Rare Values. Because it's all for the same reason.

[Kyle]

If you can understand it for events and DJ's then you will understand it for Help Desk and Rare Values. Because it's all for the same reason.
The reason for events and djs is because if they are hosting a room and posting it on the forum then the people will be able to find the room easily by searching their forum name. help desk staff and rare values have no need whatsoever to post on the public forums? plz explain

[xxMATTGxx]

The reason for events and djs is because if they are hosting a room and posting it on the forum then the people will be able to find the room easily by searching their forum name. help desk staff and rare values have no need whatsoever to post on the public forums? plz explain

Community Departments require their names to be the same as their Habbo names. It makes it a lot easier to find them on the forum/site and Habbo that way. It's not going to be changed to anything different! :P

[Kyle]

Community Departments require their names to be the same as their Habbo names. It makes it a lot easier to find them on the forum/site and Habbo that way. It's not going to be changed to anything different! :P
But rare values especially aren't really community staff.

And I've never heard of a situation where somebody needs to find a help desk staff via the forum and EVEN IF THEY DID NEED TO their name would also be supplied

[GoldenMerc]

I don't agree with having it for rvr but even so id still have the same name so idc

[Chris]

It doesn't apply to all roles, but I agree that it would be annoying :(

[Catchy]

Well what happens if you just don't play Habbo? Surely it wont be required then

[xxMATTGxx]

But rare values especially aren't really community staff.

And I've never heard of a situation where somebody needs to find a help desk staff via the forum and EVEN IF THEY DID NEED TO their name would also be supplied

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's not just for users on Habbo, it's easier for management as well. If we are going to change anything, it would be to make all departments have their Habbo name as their forum name but then I don't think the non-Habbo departments would be happy. We won't be changing it the other way round.


Well what happens if you just don't play Habbo? Surely it wont be required then

Why would you work in a department that requires for you to be on Habbo and don't play Habbo. Doesn't make sense, you would work in a department such as content, news or the forum.

[Chris]

It's not just for users on Habbo, it's easier for management as well. If we are going to change anything, it would be to make all departments have their Habbo name as their forum name but then I don't think the non-Habbo departments would be happy.


Ew no, please dont do that!

[Kyle]

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's not just for users on Habbo, it's easier for management as well. If we are going to change anything, it would be to make all departments have their Habbo name as their forum name but then I don't think the non-Habbo departments would be happy. We won't be changing it the other way round.



Why would you work in a department that requires for you to be on Habbo and don't play Habbo. Doesn't make sense, you would work in a department such as content, news or the forum.
ok just change the rule for me so i can apply i just want to help xx

[xxMATTGxx]

ok just change the rule for me so i can apply i just want to help xx

Changing the rule for one person would make it unfair on anyone else. So no, I won't change the rule for you.

[Kyle]

Changing the rule for one person would make it unfair on anyone else. So no, I won't change the rule for you.
ok give some examples of why a rare values or help desk staff needs to have the same forum name?? RARE VALUES ISNT COMMUNITY STAFF

[Catchy]

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's not just for users on Habbo, it's easier for management as well. If we are going to change anything, it would be to make all departments have their Habbo name as their forum name but then I don't think the non-Habbo departments would be happy. We won't be changing it the other way round.



Why would you work in a department that requires for you to be on Habbo and don't play Habbo. Doesn't make sense, you would work in a department such as content, news or the forum.


I didn't say you would work in a department that requires for you to be on Habbo... I said if you don't play Habbo and you're in a particular role, say DJ or News Reporter than they get to keep their names... So I don't see why it's different for anyone else regardless if you play Habbo or not... There's not a MASSIVE need for your Habbo name to be the same isn't that the whole reason why their is a Habbo name thing in the little info bit on every post?

[xxMATTGxx]

ok give some examples of why a rare values or help desk staff needs to have the same forum name?? RARE VALUES ISNT COMMUNITY STAFF

Rare Values, I can see what you mean but they still require you to be on Habbo and it's involved around Habbo sort of speak. Help Desk = Is needed just like it's needed for Events and HabboxLive.


I didn't say you would work in a department that requires for you to be on Habbo... I said if you don't play Habbo and you're in a particular role, say DJ or News Reporter than they get to keep their names... So I don't see why it's different for anyone else regardless if you play Habbo or not... There's not a MASSIVE need for your Habbo name to be the same isn't that the whole reason why their is a Habbo name thing in the little info bit on every post?

It's easier to find users by their username, so if they work in Habbo departments it would be easier to search their Habbo name then having to find their forum username and look at the profile tab for their Habbo name.

[Catchy]

Rare Values, I can see what you mean but they still require you to be on Habbo and it's involved around Habbo sort of speak. Help Desk = Is needed just like it's needed for Events and HabboxLive.



It's easier to find users by their username, so if they work in Habbo departments it would be easier to search their Habbo name then having to find their forum username and look at the profile tab for their Habbo name.


okokok fair enough but why do people need to search for them on habbo and stuff anyway? ;s i can understand with radio djs and events staff but other than that i don't know

[Richie]

I don't think any department should make it mandatory to have your habbo name as your forum name, it's very off putting. It would be as silly as Jess or Bethie saying 'here lads your dj names are going to be your habbo names from now on to make it easier for listeners to find you'. Fair enough something like that would make sense but I'm assuming it isn't a rule because it's not very fair on the djs, which is why it should be the same with the forum.

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Oh and if it's a case of people not being able to find someone on the forum by their forum name you can get scripts on vb that allows you to search for thatspecificname

[Kyle]

Rare Values, I can see what you mean but they still require you to be on Habbo and it's involved around Habbo sort of speak. Help Desk = Is needed just like it's needed for Events and HabboxLive.

But it isn't a community department. Just because they are departments that involve habbo does not mean the staff need to have their names changed to their habbo names. Help desk staff do not need to be contacted nearly as often as the other staff if at all so it isn't needed like djs/events staff are really

[xxMATTGxx]

okokok fair enough but why do people need to search for them on habbo and stuff anyway? ;s i can understand with radio djs and events staff but other than that i don't know

Why not? It's also easier for management to find the users. It's a lot easier to find people by their Habbo name.


I don't think any department should make it mandatory to have your habbo name as your forum name, it's very off putting. It would be as silly as Jess or Bethie saying 'here lads your dj names are going to be your habbo names from now on to make it easier for listeners to find you'. Fair enough something like that would make sense but I'm assuming it isn't a rule because it's not very fair on the djs, which is why it should be the same with the forum.

Well departments don't have a choice. It's a rule set and all departments know if they need their Habbo names or not to be set as the forum name. I'm pretty sure when new staff come along they get told about the name rule and then the name changes are easily done. It's not silly when it's been happening for so long and it works just fine. DJ's require to be on Habbo so it makes sense for their Habbo names to be their forum names like any other Habbo based department.


But it isn't a community department. Just because they are departments that involve habbo does not mean the staff need to have their names changed to their habbo names. Help desk staff do not need to be contacted nearly as often as the other staff if at all so it isn't needed like djs/events staff are really

Help Desk is a community department, the room is on Habbo. Rare Values, it may change for that.

[Catchy]

Why not? It's also easier for management to find the users. It's a lot easier to find people by their Habbo name.



Well departments don't have a choice. It's a rule set and all departments know if they need their Habbo names or not to be set as the forum name. I'm pretty sure when new staff come along they get told about the name rule and then the name changes are easily done. It's not silly when it's been happening for so long and it works just fine. DJ's require to be on Habbo so it makes sense for their Habbo names to be their forum names like any other Habbo based department.



Help Desk is a community department, the room is on Habbo. Rare Values, it may change for that.



Each manager should know the forum/Habbo names of their staff it isn't hard, if it is the answer is simply make a list.

[xxMATTGxx]

Each manager should know the forum/Habbo names of their staff it isn't hard, if it is the answer is simply make a list.

Lists that need to be updated each time when staff come and go. It's easier for normal members, for staff and for management to have it as their forum name. At the end of the day, it isn't a problem. If they don't like their Habbo name then they should make a new one. It's quite simple and it's not something that needs changing.

[Kyle]

I know the helpdesk is a community department but the only reasons you are givingg at the moment seem to be that it is convenient for the managers for PMing. Surely they should know who their staff are anyways or at least have a list for themselves. I agree with richie also that DJs shouldn't have to have their forum names changed either as they don't post on the forums as a DJ???

[Richie]

I think it would be more confusing for people on the forum if say for example I changed my forum name to Yet, they'd be like who the hell is that. I think 'because its been like that for so long' and 'people need to find djs on the forum' are very poor excuses.

[Catchy]

Lists that need to be updated each time when staff come and go. It's easier for normal members, for staff and for management to have it as their forum name. At the end of the day, it isn't a problem. If they don't like their Habbo name then they should make a new one. It's quite simple and it's not something that needs changing.



you can't just say if they don't like their habbo name they should make a new one... i don't like mine but i don't make a new one cos of my badges etc n it's hassle

[xxMATTGxx]

It's not changing, I'll use a quote that used to be said: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". This is seriously not something that needs changing. Habbo based departments will continue to require staff members to have their forum username as their Habbo name. Other parts of Habbox may need changes but this is not one of them.

[Mathew]

I agree with staff in community depts having their forum name matching simply because it makes life 10x easier for people. It's annoying enough when you hear people talking about "DJ Turkey" and you have no flipping idea who you should PM to advertise your event. I do think RV should be exempt from the rule because they're more site based as undercover Habbo-trading agents rather than people who actually interact, but yeah, the others are perfectly fine.

Come on Kyle, I wouldn't mind seeing you as smurf.mad.kyle - xxMATTGxx took one for the team so why can't you? ;)!!

[Richie]

It's not changing, I'll use a quote that used to be said: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". This is seriously not something that needs changing. Habbo based departments will continue to require staff members to have their forum username as their Habbo name. Other parts of Habbox may need changes but this is not one of them.

Have you seen your habbo name? It's clearly broken




I'm jokinggg

[beth]

before i managed to get the bethie habbo i hated being publicised but kinda took it cause i knew i had to really. rvr's i don't understand it for because they don't have a public role, hxhd i sorta don't either because there isn't much hxhd presence on the forum or out of habbo. it's not like hxhd has a forum surgery OMG THATS A GOOD IDEA. anyway.

[Red]

I think we are missing out on some great staff because of it. I didn't want to have to change my name either. No one has needed to pm me for help enquiries. Only reason why my name had to be changed is because its easier for management to find us...? I don't see why they can't just have a list of everyones name.

[Hollie]

I see why dj's, events and help desk staff need to have their forum name match their forum name but I don't really get rvr or comps if comps has to match, think it does but not sure. :P

[Kyle]

comps dont have to match

please explain y u think djs and help desk staff have to ??

[@]@biscuitss[/@]

[Richie]

And here what would happen if someone registered my habbo name on the forum already? or if i had a name that habbox deem as rude but habbo doesn't for example if i changed my habbo name to di.cki

[Mathew]

before i managed to get the bethie habbo i hated being publicised but kinda took it cause i knew i had to really. rvr's i don't understand it for because they don't have a public role, hxhd i sorta don't either because there isn't much hxhd presence on the forum or out of habbo. it's not like hxhd has a forum surgery OMG THATS A GOOD IDEA. anyway.
The HxHD sub-forum (http://www.habboxforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=175) used to have quite a prominent presence on the forum index. There was a phase when management got a bee in their bonnet about too many sections (it was using space... or something...) and merged a load. That's why the animals / food / jokes sections were all merged too! :)

It was probably used a couple of times a month when I first joined HxHD in 2008 where staff would reply to help queries. It doesn't look like any of those sections are used at all these days though. I posted a question for the HxHD staff to answer a few months ago (in that section) and it was moved to Habbo In General... so it's probably quite pointless now!

[xxMATTGxx]

And here what would happen if someone registered my habbo name on the forum already? or if i had a name that habbox deem as rude but habbo doesn't for example if i changed my habbo name to di.cki

You have the right to use your Habbo name on the forum. But if it does break the forum rules then you would be refused. As I can clearly see someone trying to do that within the next 48 hours just because of this thread.

[Kyle]

You have the right to use your Habbo name on the forum.
What are the reasons behind hxhd staff having to have their names the same as their habbo names

[Richie]

You have the right to use your Habbo name on the forum. But if it does break the forum rules then you would be refused.

Okay cool and what happens if someone registers the habbo name 'Yet' on the forum tomorrow but then next week i decide to go back to a 'habbo based department'?


And if i used the habbo name Di.cki my name would be filtered. would you edit the filter for me?

[xxMATTGxx]

What are the reasons behind hxhd staff having to have their names the same as their habbo names

1. Community Department
2. The Habbox Help Desk is on Habbo
3. For them to do their job they need to be on Habbo

It's not changing for the HxHD, Events or HabboxLive.


Okay cool and what happens if someone registers the habbo name 'Yet' on the forum tomorrow but then next week i decide to go back to a 'habbo based department'?

The person who took the name would probably be forced to have a name change so you can have it for your Habbo based job at Habbox.

[Kyle]

1. Community Department
2. The Habbox Help Desk is Habbo
3. For them to do their job they need to be on Habbo
None of those are to do with the forum

Also [@]@Rozi[/@] is hxhd staff with the name 'rozi.' ?????

[xxMATTGxx]

None of those are to do with the forum

Also [@]@Rozi[/@] is hxhd staff with the name 'rozi.' ?????

Even though she should have the full stop on at the end it's near enough the same.

[Kyle]

Even though she should have the full stop on at the end it's near enough the same.
so is mine i have kyle at the end of mine it's near enough the same.

The reasons you gave were not forum-related and therefore do not warrant you forcing staff to have to change their forum name. Fair enough the hxhd forum used to be used by staff but now it is not. The only legit reason you've given is for ease of access for managers. Come on I'm sure managers are perfectly capable of compiling a list or better yet learning who their staff are. come on matt stop being silly

[xxMATTGxx]

so is mine i have kyle at the end of mine it's near enough the same.

The reasons you gave were not forum-related and therefore do not warrant you forcing staff to have to change their forum name. Fair enough the hxhd forum used to be used by staff but now it is not. The only legit reason you've given is for ease of access for managers. Come on I'm sure managers are perfectly capable of compiling a list or better yet learning who their staff are. come on matt stop being silly

Last time I checked we can force staff to have Habbo names as their forum names regardless of what users or feedback suggest. But thanks to your post I will now add a fullstop at the end of Rozi's name.

[Grig]

Even though she should have the full stop on at the end it's near enough the same.

You forced me to have Grig, when I was having problems with my Grig acc. :(!!!

Anyway, yeh community depts that use Habbo should have their names as Habbz- easier to recognize and contact.

edit: o saw ur last post nvm!

[Richie]

You have the right to use your Habbo name on the forum. But if it does break the forum rules then you would be refused. As I can clearly see someone trying to do that within the next 48 hours just because of this thread.


I have the account --ss--, if i started to use that account would he have to forfeit his name?

http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=16818


I'd hate if someone registered to the forum and they had the name Richie cos then i'd have to change which would be unfair

[xxMATTGxx]

I have the account --ss--, if i started to use that account would he have to forfeit his name?


I'd hate if someone registered to the forum and they had the name Richie cos then i'd have to change which would be unfair

In terms of --ss--, no he wouldn't have to give up his forum name. But for people who come to the forum and their Habbo name is already taken by another member such as "Richie" then maybe something should be written up to stop any confusion over that and who should have the name or not. [@]@Scott[/@] , [@]@Brandon[/@]

[Kyle]

Last time I checked we can force staff to have Habbo names as their forum names regardless of what users or feedback suggest. But thanks to your post I will now add a fullstop at the end of Rozi's name.
ty

You still haven't given a legit reason for help desk staff to have their forum names as their habbo names because it is quite evident that people don't use the forum to contact help desk staff other than the manager and even if they did it wouldn't be hard for them to find out that staff's forum name if they simply asked or there was a sticky with the names on or something.

stop being mean it isnt my fault that my name wasnt deleted in the merge like a lot of the staff here

[xxMATTGxx]

ty

You still haven't given a legit reason for help desk staff to have their forum names as their habbo names because it is quite evident that people don't use the forum to contact help desk staff other than the manager and even if they did it wouldn't be hard for them to find out that staff's forum name if they simply asked or there was a sticky with the names on or something.

stop being mean it isnt my fault that my name wasnt deleted in the merge like a lot of the staff here

I don't have to give any reasons at all but it's the same as what I have said in previous posts. Help Desk is a community department like events and HabboxLive, it's quite simple really. I know you want to work in the department but don't want to change your name. But at times you have to do these things and take the risk!

The reasons are the same for why community departments have to have their forum name the same as their Habbo name. I'm not blaming anyone for it or saying it's your fault for having a crap name or whatever.

[Twista500]

I Kind of agree with kyle and at the same time not, Maybe you change the name for the time your a Staff and then it gets changed back when your not staff That would be nice

[Kyle]

I Kind of agree with kyle and at the same time not, Maybe you change the name for the time your a Staff and then it gets changed back when your not staff That would be nice
u can do that anyway

[Twista500]

u can do that anyway
Well do that then,, Xd

[karter]

Couldn't agree more! They can have their Habbo Name thing in the info box on the right, but why the username

[Jordan]

I agree with this I really do not see the point. Easier for management? I am pretty sure every management staff forum has a list of their staff that they currently have, so how does it make it hard for them to update their Habbo name when they update the thread when a staff member leaves or enters the department? I agree with DJ's and Events as it makes it easier for listeners to find event rooms and parties, but as many people of said, HxHD staff are rarely contacted on the forum. I have always wanted to return to the Help Desk department, but I get put off having to have my name changed as well.

[Catzsy]

I think the original reason for having the names the same was that they were clearly identifiable as being staff on the forum and this could be checked. It would be very confusing for everyone including management and supervising staff as names could be changed on habbo on a regular basis and no-one would know who was who. The other reason was that anybody could claim to be Habbox staff and use this to scam including the occasional 'rogue' member of staff without being easily identified. Kyle, is their any combination of Kyle available?

[Mr-Trainor]

I agree with the community based departments having to have their Habbo name and forum name the same, as it does make things much easier for everyone. It's easier to identify them as staff when they're on Habbo, and just much easier to contact them in general. For rare values, I can see how it's unlikely they'll be interacting with the community, although there did used to be a rare values help desk and there was sometimes events held by rare values which would have been one reason behind it.

[Zelda]

Doesn't bother me anyway, luv the name pipette , but what happens when i start using 2 accounts in conjunction again in a few months :L that's where problems with this come for me tbh ?

[Matthew]

Do comps staff need to have matching forum and habbo names?

[xxMATTGxx]

Do comps staff need to have matching forum and habbo names?

Nope, they haven't had to for a while now.

[Mr-Trainor]

Doesn't bother me anyway, luv the name pipette , but what happens when i start using 2 accounts in conjunction again in a few months :L that's where problems with this come for me tbh ?
I assume your name would be what ever account is your main account; the one you use most.

[Hollie]

I thought comps did cause I swear [@]@=Lizzy[/@] had to have her name changed when she became a trialist like a month ago but maybe not


comps dont have to match

please explain y u think djs and help desk staff have to ??

[@]@biscuitss[/@]

Cause if someone wants to find you on habbo or on the forum then its a whole lot easier for them if the names match. plus help desk staff r on habbo and djs do a lot of things on habbo so it makes things easier for everyone rly.

[Matthew]

Nope, they haven't had to for a while now.

Ah cool, I might apply now :P

Having to change my name did make me reluctant to apply to that position. I'm sure there's a lot of other people who are the same; not wanting to apply for a job because they don't want to change their name.

[Zelda]

I assume your name would be what ever account is your main account; the one you use most.

That's assuming that I don't treat the as both 2 mains used as much as each other which i've done a few times before

[Inseriousity.]

I think the original reason for having the names the same was that they were clearly identifiable as being staff on the forum and this could be checked. It would be very confusing for everyone including management and supervising staff as names could be changed on habbo on a regular basis and no-one would know who was who. The other reason was that anybody could claim to be Habbox staff and use this to scam including the occasional 'rogue' member of staff without being easily identified. Kyle, is their any combination of Kyle available?

This basically. Recently there have been numerous cases of non-staff members holding giveaways/events (that don't actually give out prizes). This is generally okay as it's easilynoticeableto anyone in the community that they aren't EOs because they're not in the staff list. Conversely there have been cases where trialist event organisers have been accused of holding fake hx events because they're new and not well known to the wider community where it's been easily checked via the staff list/events listthat it is anactual genuine EO/event.

In my opinion, the community departments should have their names the same as their forum names (including the comps dept, no idea why this was changed or when lol hope it wasn't when I was manager or I'd have missed that memo) because to do their job most effectively they should be using Habbo. That does not necessarily mean that it's needed per se (forexample comps staff)but it is definitely helpful to increase your activity within the Habbo community. Using the comps example as it's one I'm most familiar with butit was clear to me during management that those withhigher entries were those who had a wider participation on Habbo andif the latter slipped (they moved ontoother games, didn't play habbo so much for whatever reason)so did the entries. I do not seewhy this principle can not be extended to rare values (wider participation with traders) or any other community department.

[geo]

I find it stupid having to have matching names just because of your job here.

Why don't you just have something in your usertitle clearly stating your Habbo username. :)

[GoldenMerc]

I find it stupid having to have matching names just because of your job here.

Why don't you just have something in your usertitle clearly stating your Habbo username. :)

Or, add "Habbo Name" in here;
http://www.habboxforum.com/showgroups.phpS

So when people check the staff list they can find the habbo names just as fast as the usernames

[Cerys]

I find it stupid having to have matching names just because of your job here.

Why don't you just have something in your usertitle clearly stating your Habbo username. :)


Exactly what I was about to say.
If you have your habbo username in the 'About Me' section, where people can see it in posts, or in your usertitle or signature, I don't really see the problem.
If this rule wasn't in place, I would've signed up to the forum with a more decenter name.. xD

[xxMATTGxx]

Exactly what I was about to say.
If you have your habbo username in the 'About Me' section, where people can see it in posts, or in your usertitle or signature, I don't really see the problem.
If this rule wasn't in place, I would've signed up to the forum with a more decenter name.. xD

You can sign up to the forum with any available name, it doesn't have to be your Habbo name. It gets changed to your Habbo name if it isn't already when you join one of the community based departments.

[Cerys]

You can sign up to the forum with any available name, it doesn't have to be your Habbo name. It gets changed to your Habbo name if it isn't already when you join one of the community based departments.

Yes, I know.

What I meant was - I knew the rule was community staff have to have the same username as on habbo.
I knew I was going to apply for Competitions and HxHD, so I spared them the trouble of changing it.

:3

[Mathew]

Yes, I know.

What I meant was - I knew the rule was community staff have to have the same username as on habbo.
I knew I was going to apply for Competitions and HxHD, so I spared them the trouble of changing it.

:3

Get yourself some VIP and get it changed then! ;)

[Cerys]

Get yourself some VIP and get it changed then! ;)


Pfft, fine then. xDD

[Kyle]

I am sure that above else managers need to be contacted so why is it that you will allow your graphics manager to change his name to [@]@Justin Bieber[/@]; but won't let normal staff have the name that they choose. Also bear in mind that he is supposedly a radio dj

[@]@xxmattgxx[/@]

[xxMATTGxx]

I am sure that above else managers need to be contacted so why is it that you will allow your graphics manager to change his name to [@]@Justin Bieber[/@]; but won't let normal staff have the name that they choose. Also bear in mind that he is supposedly a radio dj

[@]@xxmattgxx[/@]

Actually he didn't request that name change at all, it's just a joke that was being played on his account. He will be going back straight to Fudge, so don't you worry Kyle! :P

[Kyle]

within those few minutes nobody knew who his habbo was and werent able to contact him it is quite frankly a disgrace that you would allow such a thing to happen

which departments are you changing the outdated rules for

[Yupt]

If people want their own forum names then why can't they have their proper name in the user title.

FOR EXAMPLE.

Matt Garner
General Manager
xxMATTGxx

or to make it even easier. There's a box right there >>>
nice and clear wouldn't you agree?
It has an option for a "HABBO NAME"

wink wink

[xxMATTGxx]

within those few minutes nobody knew who his habbo was and werent able to contact him it is quite frankly a disgrace that you would allow such a thing to happen

which departments are you changing the outdated rules for

Rule isn't being changed Kyle. The only department that I said It may change for is Rare Values.


If people want their own forum names then why can't they have their proper name in the user title.

FOR EXAMPLE.

Matt Garner
General Manager
xxMATTGxx

or to make it even easier. There's a box right there >>>
nice and clear wouldn't you agree?
It has an option for a "HABBO NAME"

wink wink

User titles aren't the most user friendly way of looking up peoples name.

[j0rd]

Couldn't we just get the Habbo names somewhat more noticable in the postbit, wouldn't really need to same Habbo name as forum name then?

[Kyle]

User titles aren't the most user friendly way of looking up peoples name.
im sure somebody as oh so clever as you could figure out a more user friendly way of finding people's names without forcing them into having them the same as habbo =]

[Catchy]

before i managed to get the bethie habbo i hated being publicised but kinda took it cause i knew i had to really. rvr's i don't understand it for because they don't have a public role, hxhd i sorta don't either because there isn't much hxhd presence on the forum or out of habbo. it's not like hxhd has a forum surgery OMG THATS A GOOD IDEA. anyway.

Lmao a hxhd section nah that would never work because half the people on the forum can give a lot better help/advice than the actual HxHD nooffenceanyone but it's true

[beth]

now am back as publicised totally agree with kyle should have our own names...x can't we just make the habbo name field in the postbit mandatory?!

[-Billy]

To be honest I don't really care about my name cause it's decent. The thing you should try is to get a really decent habbo name then you will have a good name :)

[Mathew]

To be honest I don't really care about my name cause it's decent. The thing you should try is to get a really decent habbo name then you will have a good name :)
init lol let's laugh at the losers with rubbish names... hahahaha!!!

I still agree with the current ruling though. I have always hated the fact that I can never tell who the HxL DJs are because they all address themselves by some kind of code word (cringy ones at that) so you never know what their forum name is. If I'm wanting to PM someone, I shouldn't have to go looking down the staff list and check everyone's Habbo name in an attempt to find their forum name. That's just ridiculous.

Thread has hit rock bottom now though people!!

[Kasabian]

init lol let's laugh at the losers with rubbish names... hahahaha!!!

I still agree with the current ruling though. I have always hated the fact that I can never tell who the HxL DJs are because they all address themselves by some kind of code word (cringy ones at that) so you never know what their forum name is. If I'm wanting to PM someone, I shouldn't have to go looking down the staff list and check everyone's Habbo name in an attempt to find their forum name. That's just ridiculous.

Thread has hit rock bottom now though people!!

Ctrl + F brings up the search box, you won't need to look down anything :))

[Alex3213]

Lmao a hxhd section nah that would never work because half the people on the forum can give a lot better help/advice than the actual HxHD nooffenceanyone but it's true

We used to have one. Unsurprisingly, it disappeared. :P

[Kyle]

We used to have one. Unsurprisingly, it disappeared. :P
because there is no need for hxhd presence on the forum............................................. ... so no need for them to have same forum name as habbo name =]

[Kyle]

why is [@]@emma[/@] allowed her name when she is a dj

[@]@xxmatgxx[/@]

[xxMATTGxx]

why is [@]@emma[/@] allowed her name when she is a dj

[@]@xxmatgxx[/@]

The matter can be dealt with by [@]SyrupyMonkey[/@]

[Empired]

The matter can be dealt with by SyrupyMonkey

I don't think Kyle particularly wants Emma to change her name, he's simply saying why was Emma allowed to keep her name when you have spent the last nine pages telling everyone that Habboxlive DJ's must have their Habbo name the same as their Forum Name..

[xxMATTGxx]

I don't think Kyle particularly wants Emma to change her name, he's simply saying why was Emma allowed to keep her name when you have spent the last nine pages telling everyone that Habboxlive DJ's must have their Habbo name the same as their Forum Name..

Because it's a simple error that hasn't been noticed until someone pointed it out. After all, management at Habbox are humans like the rest of the staff and members who use the site and that does mean mistakes will happen.

[Kyle]

only mistake i see is still forcing staff to have name changes!! (aside from a few that seem to slip through the net)

[Empired]

Must agree with Kyle. It doesn't affect me but so what. Why can't you just make us put our Habbo names in the little box thing (technical term ok) on the forums.

[Stephen]

It's clear here that the reason why they have to have their names as their habbo name is because of the amount of effort and life wasted it would take for someone to know who they are on habbo compared to their name being easily visible.

[beth]

i really don't know why the forumbit for habbo name can't be compulsary in staff group and we can be allowed to have our own forum names. mathew's point about DJ and names doesn't stand anyway because even now my dj name is bethie (not so cringy, ty) not publicised and i am forced to have it very clearly in my usertitle as all staff are.

[Richie]

i really don't know why the forumbit for habbo name can't be compulsary in staff group and we can be allowed to have our own forum names. mathew's point about DJ and names doesn't stand anyway because even now my dj name is bethie (not so cringy, ty) not publicised and i am forced to have it very clearly in my usertitle as all staff are.

If I'm honest, more people come into the desk asking 'who is dj x' and not 'who is x on the forum' so it does fail how their forum name MUST be their habbo name yet their dj name DOESN'T. Sorry to wreck all the dj's mojos, trust me i'd prefer to be dj richie and not dj darkenemy (lol) but it's the truth.


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[@]@xxmattgxx[/@]

[Chippiewill]

If I'm honest, more people come into the desk asking 'who is dj x' and not 'who is x on the forum' so it does fail how their forum name MUST be their habbo name yet their dj name DOESN'T. Sorry to wreck all the dj's mojos, trust me i'd prefer to be dj richie and not dj darkenemy (lol) but it's the truth.


Have to agree here, if anything the DJ's names need to be aligned more than the forum name needs to be.

[Empired]

Have to agree here, if anything the DJ's names need to be aligned more than the forum name needs to be.

Or they could keep their DJ names and have their Habbo name underneath their DJ name in the HxL/DJ box? ^_^

But if that can't work, then yep, I've had endless trouble trying to work out what DJ's habbo names are.

[Richie]

Or they could keep their DJ names and have their Habbo name underneath their DJ name in the HxL/DJ box? ^_^

But if that can't work, then yep, I've had endless trouble trying to work out what DJ's habbo names are.


If that's the case management would just add a new feature where they can search for people via their habbo name (located on thepost bit) :P which they refuse to do so i don't see why they would add it yo the website unless they're just being stubborn.

[Empired]

If that's the case management would just add a new feature where they can search for people via their habbo name (located on thepost bit) :P which they refuse to do so i don't see why they would add it yo the website unless they're just being stubborn.
Great idea, why didn't someone come up with this earlier? Oh wait I swear someone did....

[Mathew]

If I'm honest, more people come into the desk asking 'who is dj x' and not 'who is x on the forum' so it does fail how their forum name MUST be their habbo name yet their dj name DOESN'T. Sorry to wreck all the dj's mojos, trust me i'd prefer to be dj richie and not dj darkenemy (lol) but it's the truth.

hey that makes sense. nice one dj darkenemy.

[e5]

I see why they do it for help desk staff though, as then they can relate to the help desk staff on the forum instead of just on Habbo and they are more easily found... But I guess a rule could be that they include their forum name in their motto if it differs from their habbo name instead?


Why is it that when people become staff that they must have their forum name the same as their habbo name?

I can understand it for the events and I guess DJ departments but rare values and help desk staff having name changes seems pointless. One of the reasons I haven't applied to become staff here in over 5 years is cos I don't wanna be renamed smurf.mad.kyle thanks

please remove this rule/criteria

[Kyle]

I see why they do it for help desk staff though, as then they can relate to the help desk staff on the forum instead of just on Habbo and they are more easily found... But I guess a rule could be that they include their forum name in their motto if it differs from their habbo name instead?
half of the help desk staff dont even use the forum lol

---------- Post added 01-03-2012 at 05:43 PM ----------

by the way [@]@sct[/@] [@]@xxmatgxx[/@] my rainbow donator is playing up and im also owed 2 months vip from hxhd snq so can u just remove my donator lmao

[Chippiewill]

unless they're just being stubborn.
Management swear that they're far more accepting than they used to be however I'm calling shenanigans, it's getting worse than it was about a year ago (Which doesn't make sense because Oli).

This isn't really a feedback forum to be honest, it's more of a suggestions forum since Management take a stance and stick to it from the first post.

[xxMATTGxx]

Management swear that they're far more accepting than they used to be however I'm calling shenanigans, it's getting worse than it was about a year ago (Which doesn't make sense because Oli).

This isn't really a feedback forum to be honest, it's more of a suggestions forum since Management take a stance and stick to it from the first post.

The feedback forum is where you post suggestions and we don't have to implement any of these suggestions if we don't think they are right. Plus it was noted the last time we closed threads like these that we should just let them run out if we have nothing else to say on the matter or if our decision is final. In term of Oli, this thread would of been closed a long time ago.

We get moaned at when we don't do things but when we do implement suggestions we also get moaned at for that because we didn't listen to 1-3 members while everyone else was up for trying an idea. I guess there is no win-win for us!


half of the help desk staff dont even use the forum lol

---------- Post added 01-03-2012 at 05:43 PM ----------

by the way [@]@sct[/@] [@]@xxmatgxx[/@] my rainbow donator is playing up and im also owed 2 months vip from hxhd snq so can u just remove my donator lmao

Might want to use our proper user names if you want to get our attention in a thread, I shall look into your subscription issue now! :P

Edit: The dates on your rainbow look fine to me.


If that's the case management would just add a new feature where they can search for people via their habbo name (located on thepost bit) :P which they refuse to do so i don't see why they would add it yo the website unless they're just being stubborn.

Unless that can be done via a setting/option in Vbulletin already then I doubt that feature will be coming any time soon.

[Richie]

The feedback forum is where you post suggestions and we don't have to implement any of these suggestions if we don't think they are right. Plus it was noted the last time we closed threads like these that we should just let them run out if we have nothing else to say on the matter or if our decision is final. In term of Oli, this thread would of been closed a long time ago.

We get moaned at when we don't do things but when we do implement suggestions we also get moaned at for that because we didn't listen to 1-3 members while everyone else was up for trying an idea. I guess there is no win-win for us!


The things you implement are either 1) of no benefit or 2) something one or two people in power like so enforce it anyway.

The things you choose not to implement have some great reasoning behind yet there is very poor arguments from your side. "It's easier for us".


/Thread

[Chippiewill]

In term of Oli, this thread would of been closed a long time ago.
Actually that's more dependant on whether I upset him or not, there were occasions where we'd get him into it and he'd probably end up making more posts than anyone else and we'd easily get into forty pages plus. I think feedback on those days counted for a majority of the posts on the forum.


Unless that can be done via a setting/option in Vbulletin already then I doubt that feature will be coming any time soon.
I just had a quick look at how phpbb does search and I could implement it on that in a day which means that HU could probably add it within a few hours on VB

[xxMATTGxx]

The things you implement are either 1) of no benefit or 2) something one or two people in power like so enforce it anyway.

The things you choose not to implement have some great reasoning behind yet there is very poor arguments from your side. "It's easier for us".


/Thread

The last bit isn't for everything, a thread that always come up every X amount of months is about being allowed to swear on the forum. We always say no, a lot of people agree/disagree on that matter. The only easy way of remembering who's Habbo account is connected to which Habbo account is either by the postbit or a thread. None of them are good enough at this date for this to be changed.

[Richie]

The last bit isn't for everything, a thread that always come up every X amount of months is about being allowed to swear on the forum. We always say no, a lot of people agree/disagree on that matter.

Are you saying there is great reasoning to remove the filter? :P because last time i checked the excuse from the community was "we iz old we need 2 swear likeee".


Nowadays these threads go no where unless someone in power likes the idea. With certain feedback threads that have good reasoning on both ends would you know just do a public vote "Would you like this to go on trial blablabla" I don't see what harm comes from trial and error unless it's something silly like removing the filter. How is an idea like this going to hurt anyone? the majority of the staff clearly don't like their habbo name anymore.

[xxMATTGxx]

Are you saying there is great reasoning to remove the filter? :P because last time i checked the excuse from the community was "we iz old we need 2 swear likeee"

No, I'm saying the people who say it should be removed would say they have great reasons for it to happen. Sorry for the confusion! :P


Actually that's more dependant on whether I upset him or not, there were occasions where we'd get him into it and he'd probably end up making more posts than anyone else and we'd easily get into forty pages plus. I think feedback on those days counted for a majority of the posts on the forum.

Yes I remember him many times telling me how you was annoying and pissing him off!

[Richie]

The only easy way of remembering who's Habbo account is connected to which Habbo account is either by the postbit or a thread. None of them are good enough at this date for this to be changed.

I don't understand how that isn't easy lol if someone is acting the ******* and you need to warn them / contact them you could easily just search for them in the advanced search

example 'Darkenemy' it doesn't show up now but there is scripts you can get / enable it but whatever your in jacinta.

[xxMATTGxx]

I don't understand how that isn't easy lol if someone is acting the ******* and you need to warn them / contact them you could easily just search for them in the advanced search

example 'Darkenemy' it doesn't show up now but there is scripts you can get / enable it.

The postbit for a Habbo name is currently not easily searchable, that is what I mean. It would also be pretty neat to have a "Habbo Name" on the showgroups page some how which was next/near the forum user name.

Edit: In terms of your Poll suggestion, that's a nice idea actually.

[Richie]

The postbit for a Habbo name is currently not easily searchable, that is what I mean.

And if i was to find an official vb script that worked, you would reconsider?

[xxMATTGxx]

And if i was to find anofficialvb script that worked, you would reconsider?

Maybe.

[Chippiewill]

The only easy way of remembering who's Habbo account is connected to which Habbo account is either by the postbit or a thread. None of them are good enough at this date for this to be changed.You know it's probably pretty damn easy to setup VB to index (Or even make a special search case for..) postbits.

Just looked at how phpbb does it (Not VB I know..) and it looks easy to do there.

[FlyingJesus]

How the hell has this thread actually gone on for this many posts? It's very simple:

If you are community staff then you ought to be an active part of the Habbox community (I've bolded the buzzword to make it oh so very simple for everyone) and therefore it makes sense for such staff members to have names on Habbo and on the forum the same, so you know who you're talking to. If I were to tell people at college that my name's Tom and I'm a short ginger male then go to meet them elsewhere to do a project and there be dressed convincingly as a black girl going by the name Chandrice, I wouldn't expect them to recognise me and it could lead to a lot of confusion either in conversation or with regards to getting our work done.

Suggesting that the tiny postbit displaying Habbo usernames could be used to solve the problem is as useful as saying that one could, with effort, work out my true identity through the disguise by undressing me - it's possible, and it would do the trick, but it's not something you'd think to do at first and isn't the obvious answer. Similarly, checking the Habbo postbit is not something that you do when looking at someone's post, partly because not everyone uses it anyway but mostly because we rely on the actual stated name of the poster to identify someone. If I see someone post and don't recognise the name I certainly don't check to see if their Habbo name is one I know, and I'm sure the majority of people don't do that either.

With regards to rare values staff, I think it's probably wrong to label them as community staff as they (insofar as their work goes) use the hotel merely as a means to an end, and are essentially better suited as content staff due to what that "end" is.

[Chippiewill]

Suggesting that the tiny postbit displaying Habbo usernames could be used to solve the problem is as useful as saying that one could, with effort, work out my true identity through the disguise by undressing me - it's possible, and it would do the trick, but it's not something you'd think to do at first and isn't the obvious answer.
Surely it's more like wearing a name-tag? *Quick Glance* done.

99% of names end up being fairly similar anyway.

[FlyingJesus]

Ahhh good old made up, unreferenced statistics. Publicised is not particularly similar to Bethie, DarkEnemy does not resonate with Richie, Red looks nothing like Kirsty, Glitzen and Emma are not the same word, and this is just a few current staff members that I can think of off the top of my head who've had to (or will have to in Emma's case) have a name change on the forum.

As for name tags, I'm pretty certain that's what a forum name is. Again, nobody looks at the Habbo postbit when talking to someone on forum

[Empired]

As for name tags, I'm pretty certain that's what a forum name is. Again, nobody looks at the Habbo postbit when talking to someone on forum

And for the people who really don't like their Habbo name? Suddenly quite a few staff resign.. hmm..

And surely it wouldn't be too difficult for people to have to drag their eyes away from the oh-so interesting post that they're reading to glance at the person's username. It would only take a second or so. Just because people don't look at the postbitnowdoesn't mean to say they won't change their habits if there is suddenly something to look at :S

[FlyingJesus]

If you really hated your a name that much you wouldn't be using it on a site where thousands of people can see it, that's just daft

[Richie]

If you really hated your a name that much you wouldn't be using it on a site where thousands of people can see it, that's just daft

if your staff you don't get that choice ;) some people made their accounts when they were like 10

[xxMATTGxx]

if your staff you don't get that choice ;) some people made their accounts when they were like 10

But the argument against that is: You can create new accounts on Habbo just fine.

[FlyingJesus]

if your staff you don't get that choice ;) some people made their accounts when they were like 10

"A site where thousands of people can see it" being Habbo

[Catchy]

not saying i agree with having to match your habbo name but this thread is far overdue, it's obviously not going to be changed. I tried to argue this point years ago and it got me nowhere and I doubt it's gonna get changed anytime soon so people who are saying it should be changed i sympathise with you all but you're probs wasting your time